Chester Nimitz: Grand Admiral of the Pacific
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“Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.”
Chester W. Nimitz
When it come down to it that is about right. Of course it's a lot harder than that pithy statement, and thus great leadership is rare.
Chester Nimitz about the Marines on Iwo Jima: "Uncommon valor was a common virtue." Outstanding man.
Yeah!
The Marines worked for him!
@@Louis_Davout The Marines work for their Country. Semper Fi
It's so sad to see the point flying so far above people's heads. Nice quote.
@A Pacifist Machine Gunner what is it? God, Corps, Country or God, Country, Corps. That is what i always thought the Marines fought for.
Admiral Nimitz even made MacArthur believe he was 'running the show' ...
Not just the Aircraft carrier was named to honor him in the U.S. Navy, but the size class of aircraft carriers that are in service are all Nimitz class Carriers.
I said that at the screen. :)
Zach Vetter it restores my faith in humanity to find this comment so quickly 👍
There's one Ford class.
If i'm not mistaken, the USN names all different models of in a similar way.
Ie. the Nimitz-class Carriers, first one would be named Nimitz.
Iowa-class battleships(not sure if it was Iowa, but you get the idea), first one would be named Iowa
etc.
When the US makes a new class of ships those ships go by the name of the first ship in that class. So for example when the US built it's first super carrier the Nimitz, all rest of them are referred to as Nimitz class super carriers! The brand new USS Gerald R. Ford super carrier is the 10th Nimitz class carrier. Same with the US destroyers, they are the Arleigh Burk class of destroyers.
"God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless."
--Chester W. Nimitz
The Admiral waxed poetic.
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A quote that would serve our President Trump in the face of seemingly overwhelming odds to destroy him and subjugate America to the whims of the Globalists like Soros.
@@johnwhitehead5457 hows that trump support gone for ya? looooool
@@johnwhitehead5457 where's that idiot with the tan?
I've studied Nimitz lot over the years. Actually went to his hometown of Fredericksburg Texas many times and have gone through the museum there a number of times. It is an amazing museum. Can spend an entire day there. I've studied the man and i can't seem to find a fault in him. Nimitz is one of those guys that never forgot who he was and where he came from. One of the more interesting antidotes from Nimitz life was he would go for walks on the beach in Hawaii in his civilian PT clothes. One day he encountered just a common 17 or 18 year old sailor and they walked/ran together. The sailor thought he was just an old civilian dude. He asked the sailor what ship he served on and if he liked his chiefs and officers. His ship wasn't some interesting ship of war. Just come common and uninteresting support vessel. The young sailor went on a diatribe complaining about everything and how much he hates life onboard the ship and badly their treated by the chiefs and officers. Nimitz asked if be had tried to talk to anyone to voice his complaints, and the young sailor told him that it was pointless because nobody cares what we think or how we're treated. It was at that point Nimitz introduced himself as THE CINCPAC and said, "and I certainly care about how my sailors are treated." Nimitz actually personally visited that sailor's ship and had a word with the ship's CO. He really cared.
Know you wrote your comment a while ago, but it really amused me (I was thinking that after Nimitz introduced himself, that poor sailor probably made the loudest “gulp” in history :)
Nimitz was so low key that when as a young Lit his ship ran aground on a sandbar, he calmly put out a chip on the deck and waited until the tide rose and he could back off. He was so little of a fire eater that His boss wondered if he was aggressive enough to go on the offensive. Then he pulled off Midway with an audacity that befitted a Nelson. Never see him smiling, though, because he is said to have bad teeth. Of his subordinates Spruance was a lot like him in many ways. Which is why.I guess, he put him in command of Midway operation .
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A random note about Admiral Nimitz, during the occupation of Japan, he found the time and had the love of naval history in him, to help ensure the preservation of the Japanese battleship Mikasa, at the time already encased in permanent dry dock, she easily could have been scrapped or destroyed. The Mikasa was the flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Battle of Tsushima, when the fledgling world power clashed with and utterly defeated the Imperial Russian Navy. She's also the last of the British built pre dreadnought battleships... and indeed the only British battleship left in the world. Admiral Nimitz is honored aboard the Mikasa, still around nearly two centuries after her birth in England's shipyards, in Yokosuka, beating heart of the American 7th fleet and Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force, where she continues to serve as a museum ship. A small part of a great man and a legendary warrior's legacy, but an important one none the less.
I think the Japanese see the Mikasa like how the British see the HMS Victory.
Mikasa keel was laid down at the Vickers shipyard Barrow-in-Furness on 24 January 1899.
Fun fact: After his retirement from the Navy, Nimitz confessed to a journalist that he always got seasick on board ships.
I still do after spending 35 years out at sea.
Ironic. Still it proves you don't need to be great sailor to be a great admiral.
Chris James if anything it proves that you can be a great sailor even if you get seasick.
That's why he preferred submarines.
You get used to it after a couple of days out unless you are a pilot.
It always surprised me how these guys could twist A-4, A-7, A-8, F-14, and F18's in 3G inducing dogfights and get nauseous in a sea state 3 on the bridge.
Chester Nimitz lost a finger.
If he'd lost two more fingers, he would have been 'invalided out' of the USN.
Chester Nimitz went on to become Admiral Nimitz.
Isoroku Yamamoto lost two fingers at the Battle of Tsushima.
If he'd lost one more finger, he would have been 'invalided out' of the IJN.
Isoroku Yamamoto went on to be come Adrmiral Yamamoto.
What's even crazyer is that the ship Yamamoto was on when he lost his fingers was the INJ mikasa by the end by the end of WW2 the ship was I severe disrepair so a group of British businesses men convinced then fleet admiral Nimitz to run a promotional campaign to raise funds to preserve her. Later when the USS Nimitz was stationed in Japan sailors from that ship helped repaint the mikasa. To and strangeness to the story the reason why the British business men wanted to preserve the mikasa was because she was and is the last British built pre-dreadnought battle ship.
@@jasonirwin4631 Mikasa sukasa. (sorry, I couldn't resist.)
A clash of Poseidons
My grandfather was on the USS Arizona when it was sunk, he survived and served throughout the rest of the war under Nimitz
December 7 must have been absolute Hell. Glad your grandad made it out. Did he talk to you about that day?
Some few years ago I was on a city bus in El Paso and sat across an behind a small wizened Hispanic man wearing a USS Arizona cap. I wanted to shake his Han but was too shy.
Wow what did he have to say about him?
hey so did mine :) its a small world
If anyone is ever in Fredericksburg I highly recommend visiting the Chester Nimitz Museum. Its a WW2 history Museum focused on the pacific war and its incredible!
That is good advice. I spent 2 full days going thru that museum, which was still not enough time.
There are two museums. One is the Nimitz museum, and one is the Museum of the Pacific War. You can, however, gain entry to both with a ticket to either.
Unfortunately when I was down there a few months ago it was closed for repairs
Second that! It takes hours to do it properly. Fredericksburg has become a resort town. I can remember it as a small hill town settled by German Immigrants.
Judy S. So true. I live in Kerrville, and Texas monthly put out a good article about that. All the “rich” people from out of state and country making it more suitable to them.😕
Massive missed opportunity to have this sponsored by World of Warships
Also a massive missed opportunity for me to get to this joke first.
@K 2 r/wooosh
Nimitz was a genius on so many levels. He recognized his limitations regarding tactics and so surrounded himself with the likes of Bill Halsey, Marc Mitscher, Ray Spruance, and Richmond K. Turner. The first three were brilliant fleet tacticians and Turner, who nearly lost his professional head after Pearl Harbor, was resurrected by his friend to become the architect of all Pacific amphibious operations...and there were many others on his staff. Nimitz excelled at complex strategic manuvers and for a generally conservative minded fellow he had no fear of taking a calculated gamble. He also was blessed with being lucky and luck can often win a battle when one has the courage of his convictionsm which Nimitz possessed in spades. He was always one or two steps ahead of the Japanese. Perhaps the most brilliant naval mind in history, it's damned hard to citicize Nimitz on any level. He deserves every accolade the country can give and more. A lovely video!
It was luck and persistence that won the Battle of Midway. The Army and Navy threw everything they could to take down the fleet. It was like Rocky Marciano taking down not the aging Joe Louis but the man in his supreme . We just kept flailing away until we score some lucky hits that turned the course of the battle. Even at the end we might have lost if the last carrier had decided to sail west to join the main Japanese battle fleet, If he had done that we would have been hard pressed to resist that combined force.
PS. About the men of the American task force. we can use the words that Churchill applied to the RAF: never have so many owed so much to so few. Imagine that they had lost. We would not have been back in the war until 1944.
Nimitz gets entirely too much credit for everything. Yes, he was a great administrator, but the majority of the strategic decisions in the Pacific were made by Admiral King and/or his chief of staff Savvy Cooke, subject to approval by the Combined Staff. Guadalcanal and the Central Pacific operations were all King initiatives. Okinawa was Spruance's idea. It was King that sent Kelly Turner to the Pacific to run the Guadalcanal amphibious operation (Turner was basically run out of Washington because he couldn't get along with the Army). The bit about Halsey being a brilliant strategist is another howler. He wasn't even a particularly good tactician.
@@JRobbyShOne of our carriers was hardly in the fight. And we still held Midway. The Japs still had some light carriers. but I think they were really in shock. Except for one of their submarines, no surface ship gave much of an account and they were wondering what to do whenever they could get the northern force combined. One probably was that Yamamoto was out of position. Nimitz was smart enough to stay a Pearl where he could talk to everyone and co-ordinate events with a staff that wasn’t worried about getting bombed.
Aussie here,
Chester Nimitz saved our butts bigtime.
You Aussies fought like Lions on New Guinea
Thanks!
@@DMS-pq8 they prefer emus. Emus are better than lions
Sure, Nimitz' actions saved many Aussie lives- so thanks. But without ANY Allied help, there's no way the Japanese would ever have conquered Australia. You guys fight better, drink better and have a better sense of honor, humility and humor.
@@Berry01000 that's why the Australians fought so well -- they've faced the emus.
The USS ENTERPRISE pictured at about the 5 minute mark was the much newer nuclear aircraft carrier of the name, not the WWII era ship.
11:18 Germany's ability to attach Hawaii? That is a slight error.
@@chuck62891 he said Japanese
I noticed that and immediately paused the video to see how many comments there were about it lol
@@chuck62891 He said Japanese
As long as it’s not the Ford class one that’s planned to be built.
My cat's name is Nimitz. We watched this together. He was on my lap for most of it. He knows who he's named after!
As a 20 year Naval Flight Officer I want to thank you for this video. Great job depicting the life of a great man.
This video on Admiral Nimitz was one of the best video autobiographies I have ever seen. You could have gone into long and boring detail, or just glossed over his highlights of the war. It was engaging and and warm, with just the right amount of his leadership thrown in on top. Great video.
Salute to Grand Admiral Chester Nimitz from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Chester Nimitz is a personal hero of mine.
Same here ^.^
From the little I know of Nimitz, he seems to have been quite a modest man- rather like Neil Armstrong. I think Nimitz deserves more recognition for his WWII actions, McArthur seems to have been a self publicist who stole some of the limelight that Nimitz deserved.
Chester Nimitz is THE hero to me.
hipster alert
My father worked on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.
For reference, the 75,000 US casualties at Okinawa were about 1/6 of all US casualties during the war.
We still get flack from the anti-American left about the use of the bomb. Better them than our guys. Millions of people are alive today, including descendants, because of the A-bombs.
Disregard Allied deaths for a moment. The atomic bombs killed a quarter of a million Japanese, either directly or indirectly. Over 28 million potential Japanese guerrillas were preparing to resist the invasion. A great many of those would die during the invasion and occupation, not counting those the guerrillas would kill in reprisal against collaborators or those who just refused to join them. As an alternative, the US could have starved Japan into submission by destroying farms and even more infrastructure. Considering the fanaticism seen on Okinawa, it would have taken many millions of deaths, from combat or starvation, for the Tojo or the Emperor to even consider a surrender. Also, in the months required to bring about Surrender, Japanese forces in China and Southeast Asia would continue to fight the Allies and commit atrocities on local civilians and Allied POWs. So, choose your poison: Invasion, Starvation and other Atrocities, or A-Bomb. I can guess Judy S. choice, how would you choose?
@@JRobbySh In regards to Truman's decision about dropping the bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki, I for one think the deaths of both the Japanese and Americans would have been horrendous if we had invaded Japan in operation Downfall. PS I'm on the left and I love America and will support her when she's doing the right thing and seek to correct her when she is making mistakes.
@@johnaustin704 i remember my daughter coming home from school the first week in 2005 upset because her history teacher was calling America the only true terrorist country since we are the only ones that have dropped a nuclear bomb in combat. The next day I was up there and convinced the principal to allow me 10 minutes to give a better account of the use of the atomic bombs. I explained how the japanese people were being trained and brainwashed to fear Americans. I also referred to the massive losses in Okinawa and the concern of the estimated 1 to 5 million casualties Americans would have and the roughly 15 to 30 million estimated for the Japanese. While it did cause more issues than we knew at the time of the use, overall it saved not only American lives, but the lives of millions of Japanese. I had resources printed to show legitimate sources, not Wikipedia. I then turned to the teacher and asked if his father or grandfather was in WWII. He said his grandfather was. It turned out that his grandfather was in Australia where they were training divisions of troops for the invasion. So my grandfather was too. So I told him to thank Truman for his being here. Had the Japanese invasion happened, it ia possible that the baby boomer generation didn't happen and that millions of Americans possibly would not exist today because our grandfathers had been either severely wounded or killed taking japan. If they never got to have their children, then we wouldn't be here. I did not make it political. I kept it factual with a few personal notes that I had learned from family. The teacher apologized as he had never had it put to him that way. I personally thought if that was true, then that is sad. I learned that in junior high.
@@vanringo Thank you for using data and logic to convince the teacher. We on the left can be somewhat defensive and irrational too, so I'm glad the teacher was more open minded than some.
On a personal note, my father was in the Navy in WWII as an enlisted man, so he might have been a victim of a kamikaze attack on the ship he was in if Operation Downfall had come off.
Dad got out of the Navy after WWII, but served in Air Force from 1950 until he had to retire in 1976 because of his age, having served his country for 30 years. I grew up as a service brat, so I have different perspective on service people than I would have had if Dad hadn't had the career he had.
Love this bio! My uncle was under his command, I grew up in Texas right next door to Fredericksburg, went to Nimitz Elementary. He's beloved in our community still.
P.S. it's FRED-ericksburg, not FREED-ericksburg
Or as Marty Feldman would have called it, FRODE-ericksburg.
Kerrville?
Whistler should consider doing a video on Edwin Layton, the intelligence officer that helped Nimitz win the battle of Midway by cracking Japanese secret code and intercepting radio signals, and consequently take control of the Pacific
Joseph Roachfort
Oh yes. Roachfort
@@mukundaneshepherdcrystal6544 "Thin.... Damn near invisible." The best Nimitz line in the film Midway...
The aircraft carrier in the picture at 509 is the uss enterprise that was built in the 70s. I think.
I worked for Chester Nimitz's nephew Lcdr Steve Nimitz, when I was in the reactor dept. on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which is a Nimitz class vessel. Steve nimitz was the Reactor Officer, a department head. We were impressed with how sharp the guy was. Not very friendly, but decent, and formal.There is a girl standing next to admiral Nimitz in the video at 19:43, who could have been his granddaughter. She looks like the Lcdr Steve Nimitz that I worked for, maybe his mother?
I was looking for more biographics on the PERSON "Chester Nimitz". What we recieved was a quick history of the Navy battle of the Pacific.
Preach my brotha PREACH!!!
I agree. This one was not very informative on the subject, at all.
To be fair, a lot of the way it went was his brainchild.
I served aboard CVN-68 Nimitz twice. My home for over a year of total time. This vid made my eyes tear up. Brought back some bootcamp and service memories.
A bit of information: they are a total of 9 schools in honor of his name throughout the U.S.
(One of them i graduated from)
Only 9. We need to change that!
I attended Nimitz Elementary just outside Hickam AFB HI.
I attended Nimitz Junior High School in San Antonio, Texas.
I hope some low life doesn't think he is poleter in correct and try to remove his name from history
I wonder if Antifa is aware?
Thanks for this video!
My hometown in Washington (state) was the home port for the USS Nimitz from 1987 to 2001, and I had friends who served on her and in her carrier group. It was fantastic to learn more about the man for whom the ship was named.
The first photo of the Enterprise shown was that of CVN-65. Not the WW2 carrier CV-6. Some mispronunciations of names and places. But given the scope of the Pacific war and focus on Nimitz, it was educational.
Nimitz would have loved to have that Enterprise
I love that one of the Japanese aircraft carriers in the Pacific was called the Hiryu.
In Glasgow, that's an aggressive way to get someone's attention - "Here you!"
you forgot to tell one important fact, well one important and one fun fact. Important fact is that during Nuremberg trial with grand admiral Donitz, Nimitz supported Donitz, resulting in "just" ten years of prison for Donitz. By the way Nimitz spoke german fluently. Fun fact is, that Nimitz helped to raise funds to restore japanese battleship Mikasa.
It goes a lot deeper than that.
The Mikasa was the IJN's flagship at the Battle of the the Tsushima Straits, under the command of Admiral Togo. The Japanese shocked the world by crushing the Imperial Russian fleet at this battle, effectively ending the Ruso-Japanese war.
During his time at the Naval Academy, Nimitz was among a group of Midshipman who were sent on a trip to Japan. While there, Nimitz not only met Admiral Togo, bit joined the midshipman joined the admiral for dinner with the Emperor. Nimitz would site Togo as one of his personal heroes for the rest of his life.
After the war, the Mikasa, which had been decommissioned for years already, had here guns and stacks stripped per the terms of the Japanese surrender. When Nimitz (who was now retired) heard of this, he jot only raised funds for her restoration, but used his influence and connections in Washington to have an exception made for the Mikasa. He also wrote a letter to the Tokyo Times to drum up support in Japan.
Today, the Mikasa remains a museum ship in Yokosuka, Japan. She's one of three "World Herritage ships", the other two being the USS Constitution and the HMS Victory.
@@hikaru248x funny thing is that 2 of the 3 world heritage ships(mikasa/victory) where British built.
Lucky me, as a young Bosun's Mate my ship made a port call to Kure, Japan in1992. Saw a War museum with models of the Yamato, and Admiral Togo's house.
@@hikaru248x Yep... and a few years back (maybe several, now) sailors serving on the Nimitz helped repaint the Mikasa when it needed some periodic sprucing up. I also went on board Mikasa while serving at Yokosuka. Two of the museum displays are nicely scaled models of the USS Constitution and HMS Victory, along with explanations of the close relationships of all three navies: British navy is parent, and the Japanese and U.S. navies being siblings (the quarrels are over).
Is there any video where he speaks german?
Well done. One of the best bios of Nimitz I've seen or read. If you're ever in Fredericksburg, TX, it's worth visiting the Pacific War Museum. Had the privilege of touring it with my father-in-law, who was a Marine in the Pacific during WWII. We developed a respectful entourage as we moved through the museum as people listened to his stories. It was the first time my wife had ever heard him speak at any length about his experiences. He was part of a heavy weapons squad (Bazooka, flame thrower, squad machine gun), so of course he saw some of the heaviest fighting. He was ok until we got to the display of the Browning (I think that's what it was) and he broke down. His best friend was killed by a sniper in front of him. During the war, the military let friends join together to encourage recruitment and unfortunately he lost several. He was wounded twice and set back to Hawaii for recovery before rejoining his unit.
there's a large hill on Guam named after him
A mini Biographics/Geographics crossover! Woot!
Every navy base has something named after him.
Your moms named after a large hill
There's a freeway named for him in Oakland/Alameda.
@@garymartin9777 In Hawaii part of the interstate highway (H1 Route 92) is named after him too.
My father in law was on a destroyer (DD757) under Nimitz's command during this time. These were great men.
this bio devolved into a lot of re-tread of the specifics of the pacific war whereas I really was interested in the personality and life of the subject, who is very interesting
Literally watched the one about General MacArthur last night and told myself that it would be cool to see one about Admiral Nimitz and BAM there it is!
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I recommend reading "The Admirals" by Walter Borneman if you want to know more about Nimitz along with the other 5 star admirals. Very very good read.
A very good read and a very hard book to come by these days for me. Miss my copy at home and I can’t for the love of Nimitz find a copy to buy in Japan.
Loses finger
“tis but a scratch”
That's why you don't wear jewelry if you work around machinery.
I grew up on a farm, lot's of machinery. You never wear anything that can get caught or won't break free easily.
@@ThorfinnSkullsplitter-fz7ff the ring isn't what caused him to get his hand caught in the gears. It is what saved him from losing his whole hand instead of just the ring finger
I have multiple family members who attended the Naval Academy and there are lots of stories of people's fingers being saved from wearing either their class ring or their combat ring.
My oldest brother was in the Navy, and took part in the first aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz. I’ll forever be proud of him.
I am a plank owner of CVN 68
Mr. Whistler, Your eloquent speech and not only the choosing but implementation of the words you use to describe this Great Admiral are truly a work of art. I am a Veteran of the United States Navy and proudly served on the USS NASSAU LHA 4. 99% of the Admiral's you mentioned were required knowledge in Boot camp in the 1980's in San Diego. Thank you Sooooooo much for not only this video but all the others as well.
If it hadn't been for his class ring saving the rest of his hand and therefore his career, who knows who would've been put in his place and the choices such commander would've made. We might be living in a totally different world because of that.
interestingly, admiral Yamamoto also lost 2 fingers early in his career during the Russian Japanese war, injuries just short of being medically discharged from the navy
@@JayJay-ex6yo Anyone who works with machinery is in danger of losing a digit or two.
In Fredricksburg, Texas near our ranch, is the Admiral Nimitz Museum, set right on the wide main street (built wide enough in the 1800s to turn a full mule team).
Fredricksburg is a German town and I've been to the old Lutheran church when the sermon was still in German. Now it's a huge tourist town, with beer gardens ("authentic"!) Vineyards, wine tasting rooms and antique shops. Only 20 years ago it was still very quiet and had only a volunteer fire dept.
Been waiting ages for this one: Gustav Mannerhiem! The Swedish-Finnish general who spat in the face of the soviets during the Winter War.
Absolutely. He's fascinating, complex character who ensured Finland's independence.
I wanna see that one.
He's a great giant of a man! Awesome history. Once had a finish girl as my apprentice carpenter she was 16. On arrival I asked her to name me a famous finlander, she smiled and promptly said "Gustav Mannerheim! I replied... Great man you've every reason to be proud of him!
Absolutely! He is often overlooked.
I hope they do a solid video of him. Swedish nobility with German ancestry having served in the Russian army and deciding to stand up for Finland ? That's a bio story you can't make up. His Birthday is coming up why not do a video of him. I will never forget how Hitler who hated smokers smoking in front of him in his army literally had to deal with him constantly smoking cigars in front of him 😆 , he's the real deal.
Being a Navy veteran and a Texan this one hit home. Thank you.
I don’t mean to be “that guy”, but the USS Enterprise you showed was the newer Nuclear Powered Carrier from the 60’s. The Enterprise that served in WWII was a Yorktown-class with the number CV-6, compared to the one you showed’s CVN-65. Also the USS Yorktown you showed was the later Essex-class, named in honor of the Yorktown than sank at Midway.
You love being "that guy!"
Also if you want you can sleep on the Essex class Yorktown. It is docked in Charleston.
Please, be "that guy". Simon's fact checkers often don't check their facts very well.
A lot of their scripts are stolen word for word from Google and their actual knowledge of the subject matter is zilch.
Be "that guy," so I don't have to be.
As long as you aren't a jerk about about it (and you definitely weren't), corrective comments like yours are the *only* decent reason to read *any* TH-cam comments section. And as I have some personal experience with the USS Constellation (CVA-64) which was commissioned 15 years after WWII, I was looking at that photo of the Enterprise with an eye raised as soon as I saw it.
This is one of my favorite videos you have put out. As a former Navy member myself, I have a huge interest in studying World War II, most notably the Pacific War. I am also from Texas and am proud to call Admiral Nimitz a Texan.
Salute to Grand Admiral Chester Nimitz from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
How can u NOT include one of the most fascinating milestones in Nimitz’s distinguished career? He was court-martialed in 1908 for neglect of duty. A destroyer under his command ran aground. A great life lesson.
For any of you who get a chance to visit Fredericksburg, which is about an hour north of San Antonio, make sure to visit the Museum of the Pacific War there. It is absolutely fantastic and Fredericksburg itself is a wonderful German-Texan town too.
Thank you for covering an important U.S. Navy Sailor.
Sir... that was brilliant... thank you for this video. I am ex Navy and love to hear about our history... and Admiral Nimitz was something special...
Please do one on John Paul Jones father of the US Navy
What an absolute legend. True hero. We owe you everything and more.. America is our brothers … love from Ireland 🇮🇪 ❤🇺🇸
If interested in Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King, I suggest the book "The Admirals," by Walter Borneman.
An interesting tidbit. Ensign Nimitz, just three years out of the academy, was assigned command of USS Decatur (DD-5) which was run aground on a sandbar off of the Philippines. Ensign Nimitz was court martialed, found guilty of hazarding a vessel, and reprimanded. Today there is no way an ensign (the lowest commissioned navy rank) would be in charge of a warship and if run aground on his or her watch would be career ending.
Did anyone else laugh out loud when he showed the Lexington, Saratoga and Enterprise... the wrong enterprise! Might as well shown the Star Trek Enterprise! 🤦♂️😂
But which one? I mean, I personally lean towards the NCC-1701D, but...
@@mattw.6726 NCC-1701 the original
Crystal clear bio and historic framework. Thanks Simon, you never disapoint.
Woody Harrelson who acted as Chester Nimitz in the 2019 movie Midway actually has a close semblance to the real life Grand Admiral. It's a great WW2 movie
I actually saw that film last night!
@@liamweaver2944 oh! That's quite interesting
Way better movie that the one with Charles Heston and Burgess Meredith.
Harrrelson was good fact most of the acting was but that film paled in terms of authenticity to the one made in 1976. The new version had some good background per Yamamoto.
I have to say I didn’t care for it. The movie felt rushed and incomplete, and didn’t give the battle on the Yorktown any real time. Instead of calling the movie “Midway” they should have called it “Dive Bomber Faces”
It’s been years but I have been to the Nimitz Museum in Fredericksburg many times. Though a smaller museum it is well worth the trip. I enjoyed each visit. Plus the town of Fredericksburg is nice to visit with terrific restaurants serving authentic German food. If you’re ever in the vicinity, like in San Antonio, making the one hour drive north to the picturesque town is highly recommended.
Any British person: pronounces "Maryland."
Me, an intellectual: "Where the hell did that 'Y' come from?!?"
At least you didn't show the starship Enterprise 😁😁 5:05
I really don't want to see China invade Taiwan. I hope we have smart war fighters that make the correct calls to always keep China saying, "today is not the day" and if not support Taiwan to repel the invaders.
Well, you're not welcome in China anymore. You would do well to stay out of China. Those commie bastards check out everyone's comments on public sites like these to see whether it's anti-Chinese. And if they see one and you visit China, they will throw you in jail.
@@thewolfbloodwarrior8788 I would have to say that means you aren't welcome their either. Sorry Bro.
@@vanringo Never planned to go to China. I don't ever want to go to some communist shithole place. If one day the CCP collapsed, just like the USSR did, then I would probably go.
Interesting biography!
What I didn't know what that Nimitz earned his spurs as a personel officer! But that explains a lot!
1) The relative equamity with which he took the Pearl Harbour assault.
a) The battleships had only half the speed of the carriers - making long range deployments tricky and contributing to the downfall of the plan to defend the Philippines. Simply put the battleships had to be stationed half way against the enemy, thus splitting up the force to recombine at the tricky moment of contact with the enemy.
b) The fleet at Pearl Harbor was in the process of being replaced and carriers carriers took about half the time to complete compared with battleships. The aircraft, the guns of the battleships were in the process of being replaced with newer and better types. This Nimitz KNEW.
c) Nimitz remarked that the sinking in Pearl Harbor was not the disaster that it could have been. The alternative would have been to have them mauled at sea where the loaa in personel would have been greater and the loss of ships would have been irretrieveable.
2) At Midway the interest has been on the repair of the Yorktown - and rightly so; but it is overlooked, that the Saratoga was under repair from damage suffered by a japanese submarine attack. It must have been Nimitz that ordered that the Saratoga air group flew off the Yorktown.
That was a neat reshuffling trick that the japanese never mastered (Battle of the Coral Sea springs to mind). that meant: If the airgroup of one carrier was devastated, but otherwise undamaged - a likely event for an attacking force - and a carrier was sunk - with a relatively intact airgroup (pilot wise) - a likely event for a defending force: Then the fleet would suffer the loss of TWO carriers operationally. If you are able to swap air group then you only lose ONE carrier operationally.
3) Pearl Harbor showed that the effectiveness of anti-aircraft fire was nothing to be despiesed: About 30% of the attacking force was either destroyed or damaged - the vast majority to AAA. There are two things to commend:
a) Oerlikons and Bofors guns were relatively cheap - and ramping up the enemy loss with about 10% would make things that much harder on the enemy.
b) There was an untapped personel ressource in the black crew members serving as cooks, grease monkeys etc.
4) There is the question of the conversion of cruiser hulls on the slipway to light aircraft carriers (like the St. Lo ) of the Independence class - a crucial decision made in 1938 by president Rosewelt - but who gave him that idea? My guess is that it was Nimitz.
5) The repair of the damaged battleships of Pearl Harbor was done with the lightest damaged first. That gave the USNavy a vehicle to use up the generous store of 14" shells (as the new battleships had 16" caliber) - to be used in shore bombardment.
How effective this bombardment was? Doubtfull; but it gave the marines immediate and heavy fire support. It typically made the enemy give up on meeting the marines on the shore and in stead; Retire to prepared positions and fight from there.
I think Admiral Nimitz deserves a biography that investigates the moves and influence he had (partly before the war). These are not decisions that impress the battle-hungry under training; but in effect infinately more decisive considering the long term effect - than individual valor.
Right man for the job. FDR knew how to pick good military leaders. It would be interesting to know how Marshall and Nimitz got along. Seems like the two most competent men of their rank.
As in the Black sailor Doris, "Dorrie" Miller. Amazing, what he did.
Actually, the Pacific Ocean battlefield was more like "millions of square miles of ocean"! (The entire ocean is some 63-plus million square miles.)
Went through Fredericksburg on new years eve one time. The whole place was lit up with holiday lights. It was impressive. This carrier vet approves of this video.
I suggest that one of the next episodes should be about Admiral Yi.
What an excellent military officer. He did not delight in bloodshed and conquest but sought to end war with as little loss of life on both sides as possible. These are the kinds of men we need in military positions. People who see the military as a way of minimising the loss of life to conflict. A true American and frankly, world, hero.
The 880 between Oakland and San Jose is also named the Nimitz Freeway.
Don't forget the 580 is named MacArthur Freeway in Oakland!🇺🇸😀👍
Wonderful video. Great overview of the Pacific war. Fitting tribute to a real leader.
What is it with great naval commanders of ww2 and having lost fingers? Iirc, Yamamoto lost his index and middle fingers on one of his hands during the Battle of Tsushima
Aside from the standard British mispronunciations of many persons, places, and things, Simon has the important details of all of this right. Nicely done as always.
Nimitz is underrated.
Fun fact, the USS Missouri was chosen because Truman was from Missouri
Don't forget to add the ship's sponsor was his daughter, Margaret Truman (Daniel)... Mighty Mo got the glory...
excellent summary of the War in the Pacific!!! perfect speaker!!!
Can you do an episode about one of the most underrated admirals of all time. Michiel de Ruyter. I would place him 2nd after that crazy korean admiral
Yes please!
Only 10% of US production went to the Pacific until VE Day, but much of that equipment went to other Theaters of Operation around the World. The Essex Class of Carrier replenished the original carriers, and by the Wars' end we had around 50 of them.
Nimitz wished he had that Enterprise you showed at 5 min
He "almost" had CVN-68, if that old movie was correct.
steve
Thank you for this. I've been looking forward to a Nimitz bio ever since I found your channels. I'm a sucker for naval commanders, looking forward to more in the future.
,The problem is...I WANT THAT FOURTH CARRIER' (MIDWAY 1976)
My Grandfather was a WWII Army Veteran. He was at Pearl Harbor during the attack. He then went to the Northern Solomons and then onto Guadalcanal. He was severely wounded at Guadalcanal, and was hospitalized for a long time. He did recover. He then was deployed to the European Theater, where he fought in the Rhineland and then the Ardennes in support of The Battle of the Bulge.
He received three Purple Hearts and three Bronze Stars.
He was a gunner.
He passed away on June 4, 1996 at the age of 73.
CV USS Enterprise kinda deservs it's own biographics ^^. In fact there are alot of ships that could get that treatment.
Agreed. Especially the Enterprise
Yes yes and yes
that would be more for his mega projects channel
I remember when the Navy sold the Enterprise (CV-6) for scrap. There was a push to save her but It didn't happen. I was just 8 years old but I knew the story of that ship and I was sad that she couldn't be saved.
Let history never forget the name Enterprise!
Thank you got getting the facts correct on the battle of the coral sea, often times its misreported.
i have his autograph,.. well signature on an accommodation from WW2. my step great grandfather was a submariner during the war.
Bravo.
Your biographies of great military leaders like Nimitz are concise and informative. You capture not only the great victories they won but the risks they took and the replacements sometimes required of friends like VADM Robert Ghormley who didn’t have the initiative needed for his position at the time. As we navy guys like to say in response to a job well done ‘BZ’. The only correction I noted was the photo of the “Big E” shown at 5:11 was the CVN 65. Not the CV 6.
Battleship Yamamoto? Aircraft carrier enterprise from the cold war period? What the hell are you guys smoking?
@11:16 Did you say "Germanese"?
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I am proud and glad you did one for Admiral Nimitz. I have looked recently for a good talk or documentary on him and this was good. you can find dozens on Mac Arthur, Patton. I would like a good one for Jimmy Doolittle. That guy was amazing. MIT engineer, racer pioneer, commander of the European bomber fleet to close the war and Oh, yeah, the Japanese raid that bears his name.
The guy's name was Husband? "I would like you to meet my husband, Husband."
I know he's your husband. What's his name?
@@pyromania1018 husband
@@raghul0078 I know that's who he is. What's his name?
Yeah, and who's on first?🤔😏😏
I have a friend whose last name is Darling. Imagine the endless fun of, "Husband Darling?"
In Kenya and I'm convinced that he's one of the best leaders the U.S. ever produced.
Horatio nelson might be good as well
As well as admiral yi.
Sorry if they exist already and I missed them.
Also Carl panzram
Thanks for what you guys do, during these troubling times.
If you want a good video on admiral Yi go check out "extra credits" they have a playlist about admiral Yi and it is really really well researched and very entertaining.
Your programs are incredible. Thank you
He was definitely a badass and deserves all the respect
Henry Fonda playa dcim in a movie, I forget which, but they say that Fonda got him right. He was just look that, truly laid back, the most unpretentious flag officer in the US armed services. But he knew his own worth. Humble in the true sense.
He got what he wanted after all, sailed his warships into the Tokyo Bay and defeated one of the most powerful navy in the world, also he raised the morale of USN and USMC post Pearl Harbor calamity, built the most potent USN striking force, the Fast Carrier Task Force and lastly created his secret weapon, the supply caravan of the USN that resupplies, supported USN fleet while being far away from home port.
"Where is Taffy 34?" It would be easy for me to criticise Halsey from the comfort of my easy chair. I believe that other great admirals also would have gone after the bird in the hand.
Another superb presentation....1st class bibliograghical foundation...
I believe your organization is capable of doing a crack up job with a television series....food for thought....
Hmmmm... Wrong Enterprise. Or maybe they found that wormhole as in 'the final countdown' 😁
Also.... Battleship Yamamoto?!
Everybody makes that mistake. I'm 55, and people were calling it that when I was a kid. I think because it's only one syllable difference, and Yamamoto was more famous as a person, than Yamato the ship at the time, some people just have a slight disconnect with the name because of that. Perfect example of something similar is when people refer to actor Willem Defoe as "William" Defoe. It's like an irritating mental version of spell check.
@@richardbidinger2577 you probably know this but since japan couldnt out manufacture us they decided to build larger ships. The battleship Yamato was the largest battleship in the world at the time of her commission.
@@TheStackeddeck77 Not just the time of her commissioning, but EVER!
Oh hellyeah. Great video today Simon! Thank you sir
A short history on the attack of Pearl Harbor:
"We destroyed a couple of their boats. They dropped the SUN on us TWICE!"
Technically, we didn't. The Fat Man and Little Boy bombs were both fission devices splitting apart atoms of Plutonium-239 and Uranium-235 respectively, while the sun uses nuclear fusion to fuse hydrogen atoms into helium, releasing tremendous energy in the process. It wasn't until the 1950's that we had functioning fusion weapons (also known as hydrogen bombs or h-bombs). Check out "Ivy Mike" and especially "Castle Bravo" on Wikipedia. This bit of trivia was brought to you by my tendency towards pedantry.
@@mattw.6726 I would say you are too pedantic so I couldn't bring myself to read your previous comment.
Love, love, LOVED this man❤
When you have a class of the most expensive and powerful warships named after you.
If you should find yourself in Texas, be sure to visit Fredericksburg. This is the childhood home of Admiral Nimitz and home of the Nimitz Museum, a place rich in WWII history and well worth the visit and support. Otherwise, Fredericksburg is a picturesque place to visit in it's own right and home of many very good to excellent restaurants and other sights as well.
I recommend to my friends visiting from overseas that they plan to stay the night and allow for at least another half day there because there is so much to see in a relatively small area. It is also not very far in Texas terms from San Antonio, home of the Alamo and the Missions Trail and more tasty food. After that, seeing the sights in Texas does involve a lot more driving time than most tourists have the leisure to engage in. Plan accordingly.
Horatio Nelson video pls ❤️
"He leaned across the table, looked me straight in the eye, and said, 'Aubrey....may I trouble you for the salt?'" ☺
Being born and raised in Fredericksburg, you grow up idolizing this man! And his museum in Fredericksburg is AMAZING
And not widely known!
It’s nitpicking, but why is the picture of USS Enterprise the post world war 2 ship, when there are plenty of photos of the ww2 ship?
because they just googled uss enterprise and then were like 'close enough'
@@ZoomZip I seen the same occur with HMS Ark Royal. There are more than one ship's photo available.